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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “Fitting breech blocks at the Elswick Works” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Women workers fitting breech blocks in 5 Shop, Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 December 1942 (TWAM ref. DX1529/1). ‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth Century. It’s also a very apt description for the Elswick Works and Scotswood Works of Vickers Armstrong and its…
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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “Fitting breech blocks at the Elswick Works” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Women workers fitting breech blocks in 5 Shop, Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 December 1942 (TWAM ref. DX1529/1). ‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth Century. It’s also a very apt description for the Elswick Works and Scotswood Works of Vickers Armstrong and its…
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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “The tanker ‘Spinanger’ ready for launch” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

View of the tanker ‘Spinanger’ ready for launch at the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, 22 October 1957 (TWAM ref. http://ift.tt/1L0vOcl). The launch of ‘Spinanger’ was unusual in that it was carried out without the assistance of tugboats. This was due to industrial action by the Wear tugboatmen. This set celebrates…
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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “The tanker ‘Spinanger’ ready for launch” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

View of the tanker ‘Spinanger’ ready for launch at the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, 22 October 1957 (TWAM ref. http://ift.tt/1L0vOcl). The launch of ‘Spinanger’ was unusual in that it was carried out without the assistance of tugboats. This was due to industrial action by the Wear tugboatmen. This set celebrates…
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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “Mooring the tanker ‘Spinanger’ after launch” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

View of the tanker ‘Spinanger’ being moored after launch from the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, 22 October 1957 (TWAM ref. http://ift.tt/1Up0KIs). The launch of ‘Spinanger’ was unusual in that it was carried out without the assistance of tugboats. This was due to industrial action by the Wear tugboatmen. This set…
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September 1, 2015

From Flickr: “Mooring the tanker ‘Spinanger’ after launch” by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

View of the tanker ‘Spinanger’ being moored after launch from the North Sands shipyard of J.L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, 22 October 1957 (TWAM ref. http://ift.tt/1Up0KIs). The launch of ‘Spinanger’ was unusual in that it was carried out without the assistance of tugboats. This was due to industrial action by the Wear tugboatmen. This set…
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May 20, 2015

From Flickr: “Salthill Railway Station and Hotel” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Salthill Railway station, people, including girl with pram, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. I am a great admirer of the Stereo Pairs Collection, I think that many photographers today would be very happy to take photographs half as good as some of the specimens we have the pleasure to see on this stream. Today we visit the…
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May 20, 2015

From Flickr: “Salthill Railway Station and Hotel” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Salthill Railway station, people, including girl with pram, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. I am a great admirer of the Stereo Pairs Collection, I think that many photographers today would be very happy to take photographs half as good as some of the specimens we have the pleasure to see on this stream. Today we visit the…
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May 8, 2015

From Flickr: “Union Station (1873-1927), Toronto, Ont.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

This silver-gelatin print shows some of the 6,000 young men who left Toronto’s Union Station in 1923, headed for the Prairies to help out with the harvest for a daily wage. The station in the picture is the predecessor of the modern-day Union Station , however, which stood (1873-1927) just west of the current one,…
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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt